Opinion Journal: Pakistan vs. the Predator

The Journal's Mira Sethi explains the politics behind Pakistan's recent declaration that it wants U.S. forces to stay outside its borders.

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... at ... the far more interesting ... story about domestic politics in the red states were going to ... domestic politics of Pakistan and for that we have understood it was our says the book's editor and ... a native of Pakistan there are things for being kind ... the of the big winners of last week is up ... the government of Pakistan ... telling United States we don't want to be doing more of these predator ... missile strikes on ... Taliban and al Cato in Pakistan that we YTD get the CRK of our country ... how are we view the Soviet that we like to think or at least hope that that ... that that most people in Pakistan are not radicalize them think ... they would like is to be getting to know where to respond to what ... what's causing this decision from Tigers ... it's interesting I think ... that's that's right to redundancy been going on you know I'm ... from by Konami ... on the one hand they want more tactical ... um sort of input um they want us to have them on Bard said of both rising Dohrn strikes a through fund ... but on the other hand though some pandering to ... enter the anti-Americanism ... and bought the stock ... on giving the impression to the Pakistani public that an issuing America of adhesives Danone to pages ... to stay to see that milk were also sovereign country a new continent get away with minor ... um and then he would like to have a say in what it is the to do ... in the areas of India sets and the Pakistan that these ... attacks are are are more ... costly more deadly to civilians than they actually are ... that still SGI about that because the cut into the indexed rate um you know I is twenty percent ... um ... the donors acts and that impression by the sun is that I do not mark in the city didn't get hit ... um and that the dumbest move was this baser stop in blood not cut down on the ... upper to the state of knowledge in Devon Tom Pieper died ... with him ... um but she was a very very important dimension to cannot use bonds with the BBC which has led to ... I'm ... as far as public opinion Gosei it seems that there is some anti-Americanism there's a sense that these of these attacks are are are hitting civilians more than they should but to ... in general I mean it is is what ... what ... um out of the Pakistani population would we be supportive of Ltd or the Taliban Amenas is that still ... have a natural areas the side ... of ... of ... the Group of Pakistan it's not that the producer bought a caravan email and the SR aam KAMPALA Frieden Booker ... won ninety ... so the infection is that day in ECB support on TV impression is that the bodies were judging by the Chinese ... I that that that is the truth is the Falcons any peaceful ... that day you know to fees and the thought that the seventy per ... I mean what's the word economic prosperity ... edges up to the civilians and bought Sun understands the Indian government access to the plate week ... that Vietnam and then here they want some of the strategy they want don't give up but I don't send the children to school in ... that city that the non PNC ... so badly ... our message perhaps could be in good economic development and encouraging trend that sort of thing apps is encouraging and um ... which is something that is an Indian government would be open to what happened to changes that ... it's the it's interesting it's it's ... if the civilian government which drew trading India has created other living to dependencies ... the interdependence of what ... the reduction in peace which is something that would make the bought the sun on the very end we ... still think again about the Sonny's colours of existence has been the strongest hundred additional hostility ... towards India and they don't allow all ... of the sort of ... welcome but the steel ... to certain get moving ... and ... that's key ... Airgas Brinson to the question of who's actually running the place I did it sounds like a of the army was making this decision is both of them civilians or the army has been has